In Ramnagar, the Folk Theatre of the Ramlila Continues its Centuries-Old Traditions
Photo Essay: Over 250 years since its inception, the Ramlila of Ramnagar—a ‘play’ dramatizing Rama’s story from the Ramcharitmanas—still exists as a faint time capsule of the past. by Karan Madhok
On The Gateways of Faith: Divinity and the Damned in Haridwar
Photo Gallery: A year after another Kumbh Mela, Karan Madhok visits Haridwar to explore a city deeply immersed in the juxtaposition of religion and commerce.
A Searing Little Fire in Mumbai
Photo Gallery: Infrastructural concerns and safety negligence have led to multiple major fires in Mumbai in recent years. But there are fires that often go unreported, small flares that alert the Maximum City of the rising infernos to come. By Altamash Kadir
A colourful passage through time: Photos from Fort Kochi
No place in the world is quite like Fort Kochi—A collage of Indian, Portuguese, Dutch, English, and Chinese cultural and architectural influences, a humming postcard from the past. Photo Gallery by Karan Madhok
The Backwaters
Photo Gallery: Traversing across a labyrinth of water from Alappuzha to Kochi, the canals, lakes, and lagoons that form the serene backwaters of Kerala. By Karan Madhok
Fishing Along the Coringa Mangrove Forests
Photo Gallery: The mangrove forests of Coringa in Andhra Pradesh are home to fishing communities that live close to the bank of the Korangi river, their livelihood dependent on the unique ecosystem of the region. By Srikanth M.V.
Bombayscapes - A Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery: Mumbai offers a heady balance of preserving the past while moving forward at breakneck speed, of the iconic, the beautifully mundane, and everything else in between. Here are snapshots from the Maximum City over the past decade - by Karan Madhok
Living Memories: A Glimpse of the history at Landour Bazaar
Photo Essay: Amidst the gorgeous Himalayan backdrop in the hamlet of Landour (Mussoorie) Gopala Krishna finds strange beauty in the old Bazaar, where history has long stood still for the local community.
Ghats, Gullies, and Ganga
Photo Essay: Lost without direction, and happy to keep moving—Varanasi’s labyrinthine old gullies and the Ganga riverside provide the glimpse of a world without time, where the ancient world collapses into the present. By Karan Madhok
Isolated With The Sky
Photo Gallery: Stuck in the coronavirus lockdown at his home in Chandigarh, Angad B. Sodhi looked up to find celestial company in the sky.
Student's Corner: Pondy - The South Indian Gem
There are places in India where culture and time stand still, where every door leads to somewhere new. - A photo gallery from Puducherry by Araan Suares for Student’s Corner.
Indian Railways: A photographic journey
Overrated, wonderful little cups of chai. Shadows of sunlit coaches in the day-time. The human restlessness at the platform. Colourful bookstalls and neon nights. The country transforming outside the barred windows. Here’s a photo gallery of life seen through the Indian Railways by Karan Madhok
In its efforts to truly understand Bengali culture, the BJP government must accept that it will gain nothing by asserting its influence over Durga Puja pandals. Any attempt to politicise and constrain their artistic freedom diminishes the distinctive flavour of the spectacle. By Sujoy Sarkar